Kodiak Management Area Herring Sac Roe Fishery Harvest Strategy For The 2014 Season

Author : Geoff Spalinger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Kodiak Management Area Herring Fisheries Annual Management Report, 2014 written by Geoff Spalinger and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents information concerning the commercial Pacific herring Clupea pallasii sac roe, food and bait, and subsistence fisheries in the Kodiak Management Area (KMA) in 2014. The KMA 2014 herring sac roe fishery was open from April 15 through June 30. Fishermen harvested 2,463 tons, compared to the preseason guideline harvest level (GHL) of 5,830 tons. Prior to May 1, the herring sac roe fishery is managed under an allocative harvest strategy that provides approximately 75% of the total Kodiak GHL to seine gear and approximately 25% to gillnet gear. From May 1 through June 30, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) may open any area with a remaining GHL to any gear group if the fishery is unlikely to result in overharvest. There was no effort by gillnetters in 2014 and purse seine fishermen harvested all 2,463 tons. Roe recovery percentages averaged 12.3% for the fishery. The total exvessel value of the fishery was an estimated $246,300. The harvest was composed primarily of age-9 herring. A combine fishery was conducted for the KMA herring food and bait fishery due to the small GHLs. Food and bait harvests totaled 124 tons with the entire harvest taken from the South Afognak District (117-ton GHL). The Eastside District (193-ton GHL) was opened; however, no herring were caught.